Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-08
BASE BALL.

Tie Rock islands Manage to Down
the Central Cities---A Miserable
Game on Saturdny---Yester
Matehes---Great sport.
ROCK ISLAND VS. CENTRAL CITIES.
Saturday afternoon the much talked
of base ball match between the Rock
Island nine and the Central Cities, also
of this city, took place at base ball park.
1t was advertised that the game would
be for the championship of the city, and
quite large crowd was present, the
sympathy of the audience, however, be
ing for some unaccountable reason with
the Central Cities. The Rock Islands
had for their nine, Musgrove, catcher;
Sherer, second base; Rispen, first base;
Toliver, third base; Olsen, left field;
Grimes, short stop; Baker, centre field;
Crowley, right field; Rice, pitcher, while
the Central Cities were: Prentiss, third
base; Doyle, short stop; johnson, first
base; Burrill, right field; Zeis. catcher;
Weisler, pitcher; FIckencher, second base
Corken, left field, and Brough, second
base. The game demonstrated that
Weisler, of the Central Cities, is not re-
liable as q pitcher, for the Rock Islands
went in and knocked out fourteen runs in
the first inning. After that, however, he
held the boys down pretty well Zeis
played splendid game behind the bat,
his throwing to second being especially
good Brough, the second basemen for
the Central Cities, played the best game
OF any man in either team, accepting
every chance offered and retiring seven
men, and making one neat double play
with johnson on first Rice, the new
Rock Island pitcher. was put in the box,
but he did not do remarkably well and
was retired in favor of Rispen, Rice
going to first where he make some costly
errors. Under more favorable circum
stances, however, doubtless he would
have played better. Grimes made a home
run in the sixth inning sending the ball
to the right field fence and it bounced
over. Sullivan. the ex Rock Island
pitcher acted as umpire The score by
innings was
. 8 6 Z
Rock Island ..--....H 0 0 3 0 %;
Central Cltes..-.--- 3 0 0 2-ls
CENTRL CITIES VS.. DAVENPORT BROWNS.
The Central Cities and Davenport
Browns played return game on the Hop
fields yesterday afternoon, the Cities hav-
ing won the game with the same nine at
Davenport a week ago. The Central
Cities were; Prentiss, Wivill, johnson.
Burrill, Zeis, W eisler, Frickencher, Corken.
McCard, while the Browns had fischer.
Malone, Kaufman, Miller, ODonald,
Kohn Berg, Hoyer and Mikel. The re-
suit was the defeat of the Central Cities
by the following score, though it took
ten innings to decide it:
l 2 5 6 : go
Central Cities..-.C 3 l o 0 2 0 o O. s
Davenport Browns1 0 ! ? 0 / 9
THE PosTALs.
The game between the postofflce en-
plOyes of Moline aud Rock Island came
of on Blanding's hill yesterday after
noon, and was good exhibition of the
amusement that Can be furnished in the
appearance upon the diamond of two
awkward and inexperienced mines. 1t was
seven-inning contest. in which the Rock
Islands were worSted, but there seems to
be reasonable excuse for defeat in the
fact that the home boys were without
their mascot, and furthermore Fitzger-
aid did not play. ''Fitz'' took his posi-
ton behind the catcher and played there
for some time, and finding that the time
did not appear for him to WELD the vii,
low, he gave up in disgust The Rock
Rock Island postals were Brooks, pitch
er, Dodge, third base; Browner, centre
field; Eckerman. left field: McDarrab,
right field; Slebert. first base; Harring>
ton, second base, Rispen, short stop, and
Wilson, catcher. The Rock Islands
changed pitchers several times, both
Browner and McDarrah being knocked
out of the box" The Moline club was
composed of o. Hanson, catcher; c. Y.
johnson, pitcher; Isaac Freed, short
stop; Nels Peterson. first base; Ross
Gould, second base; Oliver Freed, third
base; William Baker, left field; Frank
Suman, centre field, and Miles OReilly.
right field. The score was SO to Is. The
Rock Islands believe if they could have
played about dozen innings more. they
could have turned the tables in their |
favor. The conquerors were deliberately |
entertained by the conquered at the close
of the game.
NOTES.
The Rock Islands play in Moline
Wednesday, and the Moline Browns play
here Saturday.
Sullivan and Musgrove left for Peoria
Saturday night. where they have an en-
gagement to play.
A Collision.